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09-05-2017, 02:58 PM
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Great news. I'm going to put on my old New Day Rising shirt to celebrate.
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09-05-2017, 04:47 PM
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I love the principle of Husker Du, but when I listen to these tracks it reminds me of how unlistenable their music was 95% of the time. I am sorry.
Black Flag, however, still gets a spin on my Iphone every once in a while when I am mowing the lawn or whatever - they were my guiding light as a teenager ::!
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09-05-2017, 04:59 PM
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Greg hired me at Northern Lights.
He was managing the St. Paul Northern Lights at the time. Very cool to hang out in the basement listening to them practice while they were still a four piece.... Every Friday night we'd bring down a twelve pack and hang before we would head out to the club. FWIW Saw the first show at Christiansen's bar in STP and a little over 50 shows after that. Fun seeing this material coming out at this point, but rest assured Terri Katzman will have some interesting tapes in the vaults.
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09-05-2017, 05:26 PM
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I saw Social Distortion's first gig in a pool at Marina Skatepark but their historical impact is hardly the same unless you still wear wifebeaters.
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09-05-2017, 08:06 PM
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Too bad there's not a Husker Du jersey... I was hiking once in my Huskers t-shirt and ran into a Danish woman, who was very surprised to see her language on my shirt! Shout out to Our Could Be Your Life, with some great chapters on Minneapolis indie rock (never been there myself, though).
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09-06-2017, 03:49 PM
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 It's pretty good for running 5K's too.
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09-14-2017, 08:42 AM
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Rest in Power, Grant
Bob posted this this morning:
It was the Fall of 1978. I was attending Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. One block from my dormitory was a tiny store called Cheapo Records. There was a PA system set up near the front door blaring punk rock. I went inside and ended up hanging out with the only person in the shop. His name was Grant Hart. The next nine years of my life was spent side-by-side with Grant. We made amazing music together. We (almost) always agreed on how to present our collective work to the world. When we fought about the details, it was because we both cared. The band was our life. It was an amazing decade. We stopped working together in January 1988. We went on to solo careers, fronting our own bands, finding different ways to tell our individual stories. We stayed in contact over the next 29 years — sometimes peaceful, sometimes difficult, sometimes through go-betweens. For better or worse, that’s how it was, and occasionally that’s what it is when two people care deeply about everything they built together. The tragic news of Grant’s passing was not unexpected to me. My deepest condolences and thoughts to Grant’s family, friends, and fans around the world. Grant Hart was a gifted visual artist, a wonderful story teller, and a frighteningly talented musician. Everyone touched by his spirit will always remember. Godspeed, Grant. I miss you. Be with the angels. Last edited by ptourkin; 09-14-2017 at 08:49 AM.
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09-14-2017, 09:08 AM
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Sugar - Copper Blue...I recently rediscovered this album and forgot how good it was. It has to be one of Mould's best.
Speaking of punk/hardcore, i highly recommend a band called Really Red. Check out Teaching You The Fear...one of the best albums to come out of Texas.
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09-14-2017, 11:52 AM
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I remember the early 80's scene in Mpls with The Replacements, Suburbs, Flamin Ohs, but tend to think that indie scene hit the xenith with the Suburbs Waiting. 2 years after that everything was just consumed by Prince and 1st Avenue. And that scene was so much more fun.
I'm trying to remember the name of the Reggae cover band that toured around the twin cities and hit the colleges in the early 80's? Anyone remember those guys? Last edited by verticaldoug; 09-14-2017 at 11:55 AM.
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